Mental Health Social Worker

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

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Position Summary:

We are looking for a Social Worker who has a deep interest and experience in the Brain and Mental Health to join a novel, multidisciplinary clinical research program for the rehabilitation of movement disorders. We are looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative and creative individual with an interest a person-centered model. The Integrated Movement Disorders Program is a collaboration between the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre at Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the Department of Psychiatry. The social worker will be a part of a multidisciplinary team and will play an integral part in continuing to build our program, with an aim to fulfill the goals and mission of our Center of Excellence through supporting the psychosocial needs of patients and families. The clinical populations of interest are movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease and related conditions, and Functional Movement Disorder. Because these are complex disorders with physical, emotional and cognitive sequelae, the team includes specialists in neurology, rehabilitation, and mental health. We have developed integrated approaches to assessment and treatment that go beyond traditional multidisciplinary models to focus on emotional and psychological health and quality of life. The model has a strong component of patient education and self-management. An essential skill set to the role is the provision of counselling and time-limited psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioural therapy. Equally important is an interest and willingness to “think outside the box” given the highly collaborative nature of the therapies we provide.

Duties:

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.